Page 29 of The Keeper of the Kingdoms

I sighed.

Nyx arrived and frowned at the scene. “What in all the kingdoms is going on here?”

Zaria started a fresh bout of hysteria while pointing at me and speaking incoherently. Nyx turned to me for a sensible answer.

“Jaxus convinced me to try and get over my fear of heights,” I told him reluctantly. I was never going to hear the end of this.

“Your what?” Nyx was aghast

“I’m not thrilled about heights. Let’s not make that a thing, with as horrific as today has been.”

Zaria snorted, drawing Nyx’s attention for a moment.

A smile spread on his face, which was good to see. I just wished it wasn’t atmy expense.

“We were trying out me sitting on him in his dragon form to get used to being up high.”

“That’s great,” Nyx said cautiously. I could tell he wanted to let me know that flying was going to be much higher than that as if I wasn’t already aware, but I appreciated his restraint. “How did it go?”

Zaria attempted to speak again, but all that came out was a high-pitched shrieking sound and more tears.

Nyx looks perplexed. “Is that good or bad?”

I shook my head. “For me or her?”

“Umm,” Nyx hedged.

“She thinks it’s great,” I huffed. “Me? Not so much.”

Nyx folded his arms. “Is one of you going to tell me what happened, or do I need to guess?”

“She—she—I can’t!”

“Oh, for the love of the Goddess,” Nyx groaned.

“She—she—puked on his dick!”

Nyx’s eyes went wide and he pressed his lips together.

I rubbed my temples. “I did not puke on his dick. I felt unwell and he, unfortunately, was in the firing line.”

“But how?” He shook his head, perplexed.

I rolled my eyes. “He had just shifted, so he was unclothed. You of all people shouldn’t need me to justify nudity among shifters.

Nyx held up his hands placatingly. “I was merely asking. It happens. His dick is a weird place for you to vomit, though…” he trailed off as if trying to picture the scene. “Not very good for the ego.”

My hands landed on my hips. I was done with this nonsense. “I wasn’t aiming anywhere in particular. I had just regained consciousness and it crept up on me. Some of it just happened to slide there on its way to the ground. Now do we really need to talk about this anymore? It’s not exactly something I want to relive.”

“She said it went splat!” Zaria shrieked, holding her sides.

Nyx slowly turned to his mate and folded his arms. “You finished?”

“Almost,” she gasped.

“Wait—” He spun to me. “You were unconscious?”

Behind him, Zaria dissolved into fresh giggles but waived me on to explain.

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